Ahah! Bruce - I hadn't spotted its age! Sounds like a case for a FW target drive restart to a FW disk or another Mac?
Colin Sent from Colin Y's iPhone > On 11 Apr 2017, at 09:51, imaclist@googlegroups.com wrote: > > > imaclist@googlegroups.com Google Groups > Topic digest > View all topics > Digest for imaclist@googlegroups.com - 3 updates in 1 topic - 2 Updates > Digest for imaclist@googlegroups.com - 3 updates in 1 topic > Colin P D Yarwood <colin.yarw...@gmail.com>: Apr 10 01:39PM +0200 > > Why not start holding down Ctrl+R > > This should start you on a web based system and enable you to use Disk > Utility from the web unless your Resident OS is very old? Then you can > install a new version of your OS from the web and all will be well if your > had isn't damaged. > > Good luck > > Colin Y in UK - our iMac was our 16th consecutive Apple since 1977 and we > love it and most of its predecessors still😉 > Sent from Colin Y's iPhone > > "Bruce Johnson" <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu>: Apr 10 04:02PM > > > On Apr 10, 2017, at 4:39 AM, Colin P D Yarwood <colin.yarw...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > Why not start holding down Ctrl+R > > > This should start you on a web based system and enable you to use Disk > > Utility from the web unless your Resident OS is very old? Then you can > > install a new version of your OS from the web and all will be well if your > > had isn't damaged. > > I don’t believe that was available until OS 10.7; this is a G4 iMac; the > latest OS it can run is 10.5. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > Back to top > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this group. > You can change your settings on the group membership page. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an > email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
